Political crimes phenomena: courts' practice of espionage crimes in Lithuania 1919-1940

Abstract

The article analyzes espionage crimes in the practice of three courts in Lithuania in 1919–1940. It reveals general typology of political crimes and puts espionage in the high treason group. Mainly espionage crime cases are discussed in the Chamber of Appeal, Army court and Court-martials, showing that the harshest punishments were declared in the latter.